ASME’S GUIDE FOR JOURNAL AUTHORS

[Pages:12]ASME'S GUIDE FOR

JOURNAL AUTHORS

Designed to Help You Succeed!

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Contents

Why Choose an ASME Journal to Publish Your Research?... 2 Benefits for Authors.................................................................... 3 Select the Right Journal for Your Work.................................... 4 Journal Paper Types.................................................................... 5 Open Access ................................................................................ 5 ASME Journals Digital Submission Tool.................................. 6

Author Resources Guidelines for Submitting a Good Manuscript........................ 7

Original Research Papers Elements of a Well-Prepared Paper Using Proper Language.............................................................. 10 Ethics in Publishing..................................................................... 10 Plagiarism Ethical Standards for the Publication of ASME Journals Acceptance or Rejection: What Happens Next....................... 10 Submission Checklist.................................................................. 11

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Authors: Get Your Work Noticed

Why Choose an ASME Journal to Publish Your Research?

When you publish in an ASME journal, your work appears in an established, highly respected journal that is read, shared, and cited by an international community of engineers who value your contributions to the field.

ASME's publications are designed to support its membership and the entire engineering community throughout the innovation lifecycle to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.

Ensure Your Work Has Significant Impact As a mission-driven, not-for-profit scholarly publisher, ASME is devoted to the widest dissemination of its content. ASME publishes more than 30 of the most prestigious engineering journals in the world as evidenced by their strong Impact Factors.

More journals will be added to the program in the near future. This is one of the important ways ASME fulfills its ongoing mission as an essential resource for professionals seeking engineering solutions to global challenges.

Guarantee That Your Work Reaches a Receptive Audience Beyond mechanical engineering, ASME's expanding journal publishing program covers a wide range of engineering disciplines as well, promoting interdisciplinary problem solving, collaboration, and the advancement of knowledge. Submit to the journal that best matches your article's content.

Be part of the global ASME author community!

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Benefits for Authors

Expert and Fair Peer Review At the heart of the ASME Journal Program is an international network of more than 9,400 fellow engineers who serve as peer reviewers. They are invited to participate because of their expertise in their fields and their ability to offer thorough and accurate criticism of current research in order to move knowledge forward.

A good review:

? Helps members of the scientific community achieve higher standards than without expert feedback. ? Enables authors to learn something new or consider something they had not thought about. ? Improves scientific communication by helping authors to clarify statements that may be misleading, misunderstood,

or plain wrong.

Speed to Publication ASME's journal publication workflow is designed to minimize the time between acceptance and publication. Accepted manuscripts are published online as individual articles as soon as they become available. This means the article is covered by indexing services very quickly and your work gains immediate attention. Author proofs are generated in about a week.

Coverage by Major Abstracting and Indexing Services ASME's journals are accepted for coverage in many of the major abstracting and indexing services as well as specialized citation databases. Your article will appear in services like:

? Web of Science ? Scopus ? Google Scholar ? Compendex ? Inspec ? PubMed and Medline (when relevant)

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Select the Right Journal for Your Work

Review the purpose and scope of titles within the ASME Journal Program to determine the journal that best matches your submission's content. For detailed information about each of the journals below visit asmedigitalcollection.journals

Applied Mechanics Reviews ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities ? NEW in 2020 ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control -NEW in 2021 Journal of Applied Mechanics Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems - NEW in 2021 Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (formerly Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology) Journal of Electronic Packaging Journal of Energy Resources Technology Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology Journal of Fluids Engineering Journal of Heat Transfer Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering Journal of Mechanical Design Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics Journal of Medical Devices Journal of Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnostics and Prognostics of Engineering Systems Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology Journal of Solar Energy Engineering Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications Journal of Tribology Journal of Turbomachinery Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

ASME journals are available online via The ASME Digital Collection and in print. Go to asmedigitalcollection.journals

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Journal Paper Types

What type of paper will you be submitting? The ASME Journal Program accepts the following types of technical submissions, all of which undergo rigorous peer review.

Research Paper Full-length, original research document that reports results of major and archival value to the specific community of engineers that comprise the journal audience. Recommended Length: 12,000 words. Beyond this amount, a mandatory excess-page charge may be assessed.

Design Innovation Paper Represents scholarly innovation in design that has technological implications. The archival value of such papers is in the innovation part of a design and not necessarily in the theory. This type of paper is intended for outstanding work in mechanical design that is concept oriented and does not necessarily require detailed theoretical or experimental development and analysis, but does have archival value in design practice, as well as potential technological implications. Recommended Length: 7000 words.

Technical Brief (Technical Note, Brief Note) Reports results that are of significant and archival value to the engineering community; however, these works are more limited in scope and length than a research paper. A technical brief may contain any of the following: 1. preliminary report of a result not yet fully developed or interpreted; and 2. commentary on a technical issue of potential interest to readers. Recommended Length: 4000 words.

Review Article Organizes, clarifies, and summarizes existing major works in science and engineering and provides comprehensive citations to a full spectrum of relevant literature. Length: Open.

Letters Paper Reports high-quality, cutting-edge original findings on theoretical or applied mechanical engineering topics. Letters papers offer rapid review and publication. Recommended Length: 2500-5000 words.

Expert View A brief overview of the most recent advances in a specific area of mechanical engineering. The format for an Expert View is the same as a Research Paper. Recommended Length: 4500 words.

Non-technical submissions include: ? Editorial ? Discussion ? Closure (Response to a Discussion) ? Book Reviews

? Technology Review ? Announcement ? In Memoriam

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Open Access

ASME offers authors the choice to pay an APC (Article Processing Charge) so that their accepted work is published Open Access and immediately available for anyone to read, download, and share content without any barriers. This option also supports compliance with research funder mandates.

Articles by authors who do not select the Open Access option are available through subscription access.

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ASME Journals Digital Submission Tool

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The ASME Journals Digital Submission Tool site has been created to assist you in submitting your work for publication consideration in one of ASME's journals. Both technical and non-technical submissions can be accepted at this site (refer to page 5).

Click on Author Center on the ASME Journals Digital Submission Tool site to find valuable links for author resources, paper submission, and tracking your paper status.

Author Resources

At publications-submissions/journals/information-for-authors you will find a wide range of author resources that provide useful information and tips that will help guide you through the submission process:

Manuscript Preparation ? Help Manual ? Sample Nomenclature ? Avoiding Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism (Office of

Research Integrity) ? Sample Published Paper ? ASME Reference Style

Services ? Language Editing Services ? Plagiarism Screening ? National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy ? Permissions ? Reprints and Individual Paper Purchase ? Supplemental Materials

Downloads ? Word template ? LaTex template

Features ? E-First: Accelerated Articles for ASME Journals

Program Policies ? Open Access ? Publication Charges ? Ethical Standards ? Ethics Policies ? Statement of Editorial Policy and Practice ? Papers Presented at a Conference ? Statement on the Content of Numerical Accuracy (J.

Fluids) ? Reporting Uncertainties in Experimental Measurements

and Results (J. Fluids) ? Reporting Uncertainty Quantification (J. Nuclear)

Copyright ? ASME Copyright Policy ? Reporting Uncertainty Quantification (J. Nuclear)

Contact Information ? Journal Editors ? Journal Staff

FAQ For frequently asked questions go to journaltool.Help/AuthorHelp/WebHelp/ JournalsHelp.htm and choose Additional Help

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Ask yourself:

? Do your findings advance understanding in a specific research field? ? Is your work of interest to the journal's audience? ? Are your conclusions justified by your results?

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Guidelines for Submitting a Good Manuscript

Original Research Papers

Your paper presents the results of you and your co-authors' research efforts. There are steps you can take to increase the likelihood that your work is published in the right journal and receives the recognition it deserves.

All manuscripts should be submitted electronically at journaltool.. All submissions, regardless of paper type, must be submitted in PDF format.

Search engine optimization (SEO) helps your article appear closer to the top of search engine results in services like Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Compendex, and Inspec. Here are a few tips:

? Be consistent with your name across publications ? Use keywords in the title, abstract, and section headings ? Include keywords in image captions

Your submission should be clear, concise, and complete, with assumptions plainly identified and data presented (including their uncertainty) with precise logic, with relevance to practices described, and with actual accomplishments of the work clearly stated and honestly appraised.

Instructions for Authors Refer to the detailed Instructions for Authors of the specific journal you have selected and follow the guidelines carefully, so that your manuscript can be as well prepared as possible, increasing your chance of acceptance. All contributions should be written in English using American spelling. Refer to the Using Proper Language section (page 10) for a list of language editing services should you need assistance.

Author's Statement of Original Work Only original contributions to the engineering literature are accepted for publication; work should incorporate substantial information not previously published. You must accompany your manuscript with a statement that it has been neither published nor submitted for publication, in whole or in part, either in a serial, professional journal, or as a part in a book that is formally published and made available to the public.

Permissions Be sure to obtain permission for previously published tables, figures or any material for which you cannot grant copyright. Tip: Content from websites may have a separate copyright, be sure to check!

SI Units It is ASME's policy that SI units of measurement be included in all papers. When U.S. customary units are given preference, the SI equivalent should be provided in parentheses or in a supplementary table. When preference is given to SI units, the U.S. customary units should be provided in parentheses or in a supplementary table.

LaTeX The LaTeX template for ASME journals submissions can be downloaded at iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/journals-1.0.html

Transfer of Copyright A transfer of copyright is required by ASME. Authors exempt from this request are direct employees of the U.S. Government, whereby papers are not subject to copyright protection in the U.S., or non-U.S. government employees, whose governments hold the copyright to the paper. Note that authors retain all proprietary rights in any idea, process, procedure, or articles of manufacture described in their paper. After transfer of copyright to ASME, papers that are published as Open Access will be made available with a CC BY 4.0 license.

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Publication Charges There are no charges to submit and publish a standard research paper. However, the following options involve publication charges:

? Color figures in print ? Excess pages (final typeset paper longer than 12 standard journal pages) ? Open Access option ? Reprints may be ordered in multiples of 100. Minimum order is 100 copies

For current pricing information, visit the Author Center on journaltool. and select Author Resources. Publication Charges listed under Program Policies.

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Elements of a Well-Prepared Paper

Here are the basic elements of a research paper listed in the order in which they should appear in your manuscript:

Title The title of the paper should be concise and definitive. This will increase the discoverability of your work and support SEO (search engine optimization).

Author Names and Affiliations ASME's policy is all contributors who have participated significantly in the technical aspects of a paper be recognized as co-authors or cited in the acknowledgments. This list serves as a declaration that each individual has made a substantive and material contribution to the development and composition of the paper. The corresponding author(s) must be identified and contact information included. Adding or removing an author after submission requires a written statement from all of the authors.

Abstract An abstract (250 words maximum) should give a clear indication of the objective, scope, and results so that readers may determine whether the full text will be of particular interest to them.

Some helpful tips:

1. Pages must be paginated. 2. Highly technical terms or phraseology must be explained and defined. 3. The use of the first person and reference to individuals should be made in such a manner as to avoid personal bias. 4. All papers should be concise, regardless of length. 5. Long quotations should be avoided by referring to sources. 6. Illustrations and tables must be kept to a practicable minimum. 7. Detailed drawings, lengthy test data and calculations, and photographs not integral to the understanding of the

subject, should be omitted. 8. Equations should be kept to a reasonable minimum, and built-up fractions within sentences should be avoided. 9. Spell out all acronyms on first use in the abstract and then in the text of the paper. Put the acronym in parentheses

immediately after the spelled-out term.

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